Cartridge-carrier.



PATENTED OCT. 29, 190?. v E. E. DRAKE. CARTRIDGE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1907.

INVENTOI? WITNESSES rieris wholly uni Fig. 2; and Fig 4 an inverted plan view corresponding ws-N OFFICE EDWARD n. DRAKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY, on BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A oRPoR 'rr'o or CONNECTICUT.

CARTRIDGE-CARRIER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. DRAKE,'a citizen of the United States','res iding at New York city, county otNew Yerk, State of New York, have invented anew 'and useful CartridgerCarrier, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple, compact and inexpensive carrier for cartridges more especially .22s, which shall'be adapted for general use and'especially adapted for use in shooting galleries the essential requirement being that the cartridges shall lie longitudinally in the carrier, and that the carrier be adapted to transfer its contents by a single movement to the magazine of a rifle in position for feeding to the firing chamber. f

With this and other objects in view I have devised the novel tubular .cartridge carrier which I will now describe, referringto the accompanying drawing form-' 'ing apart of this specification and using reference characters to indicate the several parts. A

Figuresl and 2 are elevations partl in section illustrating slight variationsin the details ofboustruction of my novel carrier; Fig. 3 a'plan yiew cog-responding with with Fig. l. 3

- denotes the body of the carrier which issimply a paper tub-e made suliiciently heavy to, give the required amount of. strength and rigidity. The tip of the. body may'beclosed by crimping the end of the tube, as at 11 in Figs'..1 and 4, or by the insertion of a paper plug indicated by 12 as in 'Fig. 2. The cartridges are placed in the tubular bodywith the bullet'ends toward the 1 tip, the bodies being-made just large enough to retain;

the cartridges closely while permittingthem to slide freely .when jth'eb'ody is inverted as in loading.v I have illustrated tubularicarriers adapted to contain; fifteen cartridges, although bitrse, the length of the car-'- so far as the principle of the invention is concern preferably provide the body I with a plurality of slots indicated by'13 through which the cartridges may be seen and place'numerals beside the slots t'oindicate the number of cartridges. Inthe present instance], the tube is'provided with four slots iigdicated from the tip toward the base by the numerii3,.6, 9 and 12. The use of these slots and numerals indicates at all times approximately the number of cartridges ina broken carrier. The slots and numerals, for

example, indicating, that there are lessv than fifteen and more thantha'ee, six, nine or twelve cartridges in the Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June l0. 1907- Sarial l lo. 373.081;

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tube. The bases of the tubes may be closed in any convenient manner, as, for example, by a flanged plug ind-icated by 14 in :Fig. lfdr by pasting a-stripof paper about the base and crimping it over the base as at 15 in FigsL'2 and 3. r

The carriers may be used and thrown away or they may be reloaded and used repeatedly as in shooting galleries. Where they are intended to be re-load ed and used repeatedly, a

' flanged plug 14 is preferably used to close the base as i Fig. 1. The carrier is filled by simply removing the are so inexpensive to produce that they plug and filling it with cartridges with the bullet ends down-ward, the'carriers beingmade to just hold a definite numbenof cartridges,as fifteern To load the magazine of a rifie, the base of the carrier is opened by renioving the plug as in Fig. l or tearing off the crimped paper as in Figs. 2 and 3, then the carrier is placed over the opening of the magazine in inverted. position and the cartridges allowed to drop by gravity from the carrier'into the magazine,'the cartridges lying in the magazinewi th the heads downward and bullet ends upwaird. It will be understood that the carrier, being of paper,

is-iiotdnly cheaper than metal, but is safer in use.

When the carrier is loaded, it is, of course, liable 'to be dropped. If it strikes upon something between its ends, or by a glancing blow, the paper will yield so as to cause less concussion upon the cartridges within it,

than would be the case if the carrier were made of metal.

Moreover, the loss following damage by dropping is much-less because if the carrier is broken it can be 7 thrown away and the cartridges putin anothercarrier. Havingflhus described my invention, I claim: I

1. A cartridge carrier consisting of a tubular body made of paper and adapted to receive the cartridges'iougitudinally, the tip of the body being closed by crimping the material of the body and the base"heing closed with re:

. movable closing means.

A cartridge carrier consisting of a tubular body made 4 of paper and adapted .to receive the cartridges longitudi nally, the tip of the body being closed and the base being provided with a removable flanged plug. r

3. A cartridge carrier consisting of a tubular body made of paper and provided with slots for the purpose set forth, the tip of the body being closed and the base provided with removable closing means.

testimony whereof I afiix' my signature, oftwo witnesses.

\ EDWARD n. DRAKE.

. Witnesses Wv I-I. JOHNSON, JOHN H. Ross in presence 

